"Katherine Kramer has been avenged. But at what cost?
Richard Kramer, still nursing his injuries, is on his way to Germany with Lily Lefèvre to find his sister Anne and her children. Charlie Bentwith is struggling to overcome the trauma of recent events, and the enigmatic Dr, Westcott seems to be distracted by problems of his own.
When a new threat rises from an unexpected source, the group of friends who had been bound together by Katherine’s death are scattered and still reeling from their recent ordeal.
Can they come together a second time to fight this new danger? Or will the divisions which are beginning to surface be too much to overcome?"
"It is December 1888. Jack the Ripper has not killed for over a month and London is beginning to relax as Christmas approaches. When Katherine Kramer cuts herself on a strange book at a dinner party, she quickly falls ill. Her husband Richard is a professor of medicine, but even his efforts are futile as the mysterious illness blazes through her. As Katherine dies, she gives birth to something nightmarish. Something which should not exist. Something which spurs Richard to embark on a terrifying journey of discovery as he chases the answer to one question: who or what killed his wife?"
"17 twisted short stories and poems from the author of the Victorian Gothic series of novels.
From first dates to shipwrecked sailors, encompassing modern horror to gothic tropes, this anthology has something for everyone with one thing in common: they want something to think about when they go to bed."
